diff --git a/Alignment/CocoaFit/interface/CocoaDBMgr.h b/Alignment/CocoaFit/interface/CocoaDBMgr.h
index 750a02b1a5a77..26c345d95dc28 100644
--- a/Alignment/CocoaFit/interface/CocoaDBMgr.h
+++ b/Alignment/CocoaFit/interface/CocoaDBMgr.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class CocoaDBMgr {
   OpticalAlignInfo GetOptAlignInfoFromOptO(OpticalObject* opto);
 
   std::pair<std::unique_ptr<Alignments>, std::unique_ptr<AlignmentErrorsExtended> > BuildAlignments(bool bDT);
+  [[deprecated]]
   AlignTransform* GetAlignInfoFromOptO(OpticalObject* opto);
   AlignTransformErrorExtended* GetAlignInfoErrorFromOptO(OpticalObject* opto);